By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos
Children in three local government areas of Plateau State risk stunting and acute malnutrition if their mothers do not practise exclusive breastfeeding and imbibe the culture of feeding them with balanced meals.
Most children in Jos North, Mangu and Shendam local government areas of the State are said to be facing malnutrition hence the intervention to reverse the trend.
The Executive Secretary of the State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Livinus Miapkwap said it is already alarming that children between six (6) to 59 weeks are experiencing stunting and if the State is not careful, the situation may get to what is obtained in the North East region of the country where children are suffering from acute malnutrition.
Miapkwap spoke during a three-day training organized by the Board in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF on Infant Young Child Feeding, IYCF for health workers in the three identified local government areas…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
